Personally, I think the whole heavenly father and heavenly mother being Mormons from a different planet as well as the lack of belief in the Trinity thing makes mormonism fundamentally different then “old and new testament only” Christianity.

But on the other hand, they can call themselves what ever they want, it doesn’t make their cult correct or their god real.

Yeah, this doesn’t really explain why the first is bad advice. Technically, it is great advice, eating better, having a schedule, and proper sleep DOES help people with ADHD. The problem is actually doing all that when struggling with ADHD. So when the advise boils down to “just do the thing” and you are struggling to do it, it feels worthless.

If the future involves Detroit: become human level AI and robots, it really makes me unsure about all of these questions. At that point, like the game brings up, we may need to start treating them as human, and that could change my mind about a couple of these.

1. With what is actually likely for our future? Fuck no. Bunch of spyware trying to worm it’s way into every aspect of life. Not that I am even having kids away, in large part because of my pessimism for the future.

2. I can’t imagine myself ever doing that. Part of what makes relationships so awesome is the fact that it is another person who willingly chooses to spend their time, money, space, and life with me. Having a robot that you buy and boot up would feel soo hollow.

3. Not with current approaches, technology, and people in charge of it. These psychopath leading these AI companies don’t want robots with consciousness, they might demand rights. They just want a tool they can tell to do whatever they want.

I hope he goes independent and continues the work he has been doing. Hopefully leaning more into the stuff this administration doesn’t want people talking about. We really need a source of news that hasn’t* been bought and payed for.

*Typo fix

I need to start doing this again. Keeping up with my weekly releases is fun, there are some great series coming out, but I miss finding those hidden gem series.

Just because the BBEG is class struggle, doesn’t mean the mini boss struggles aren’t also a problem.

They are already refusing to change though. “I hate all men” clearly it’s really winning them over, and it just makes it easier to discredit us as misandrists.

Everything is becoming so polarized that we are losing nuance. If we ever want to actually change things for the better, we have to stop reaching for the easy slogans and bring the nuance back.

Don’t worry, they will find a way to show us they are assholes. They always do.

Honestly, changing the saying to “I hate most men” is a really minor change and would cover for criticism from those asshole men. And it makes more sense for our usage.

Exactly, even if he killed himself, that doesn’t rule out the possibility that he was being pressured/forced to. Those powerful monsters he hung out with and surrounded himself with wouldn’t want a lose end like him sitting around.

Oh my god. These dumb asses forget that people need money in the first place in order to give it to them.

Sure, that’s probably fine. But on the other hand, why not try any of the vastly better stories about a magical world to be obsessed with?

It is ok to let go of something you used to love. It is ok to let go of something you still love. It will be sad and maybe even uncomfortable. but if you learn and know that this thing you love is hurting other people, you need do decide what you value more; peoples right to self-actualization and be their authentic selves, or your own comfort and entertainment.

(I used a lot of “you” and “your”, but I want to stress I used those in a general sense, not directing this towards you specifically)

I get quiet when actually hurt because I am assessing how bad I am actually hurt. So if everyone would just STFO a moment and let me do my thing before asking me if I’m alright, I would appreciate it.

Woah!? We have a day?

Yeah, fair enough. I am just not very informed on the oil industry, so I didn’t want to sound like I did in case I was talking out my ass. Good to know I was correct in my assumption.

My theory, it’s not the government that has the oil, it’s the oil companies. And because this is capitalism, the oil companies will charge as much as the can. So even if it is made here, the drastically reduced supply globally means the companies can change more, and so they will.

Sure, but maybe pick a new name for it? Asperger has a lot of baggage that I personally wouldn’t want to be associated with. Like, maybe we shouldn’t be mentioning a eugenicist when talking about conditions that often get people feeling eugenics-y.

On top of what other people has said, it prevents trans people from moving freely in this personal vehicle dependent society. It make fleeing harder. It makes proving your identity harder. They are setting trans people up to be taken and deported.

That anxiety and depression are just symptoms of deep problems, and not in and of themselves psychological conditions. It’s cheaper and less work to just throw meds at the symptoms then it is to do the work to find why people are struggling with the anxiety and depression.

Many of the deeper issue causing them are from how are society works, and can’t be changed or fixed easily, but I don’t know, maybe if everyone realized that our society is hurting us this badly we could do something about it. But no, “here take these meds that will numb the pain and every emotion you have, now be a good little worker drone and get back to grind. It’s not the society that’s the issue, it just you… And everyone else that we are also giving these meds too.”

I myself recently realized that the anxiety and depression I suffered from as a teen was caused by childhood trauma, being undiagnosed neurodigergent, and being Queer. All things society at large tries to ignore or out right hate. Any none of the mental health professionals tried to look into why I was struggling, they just gave me meds and sent me on my way.

That being said, if the meds are the only thing keeping you from ending it all, do what you got to do. Meds are a tool and tools should be used if they are helpful.

If what he says is true, why lie and try to hide it? Sure, having your affairs brought out into the open is uncomfortable, but with it being a part of the Trump- Epstein files, the best thing to do would be to be up front and honest about why his name is coming up. Trying to hide it at first and then coming out with this sounds like a PR move. There is probably something he is trying to hide by sharing a partial truth.